METLEN ENERGY & METALS S.A.

Announcement

MYTILINEOS HOLDINGS S.A. informs the investing public that the Company's Board of Directors, in its meeting held on 16.02.2012 resolved to sell the 6,610 fractional shares which have resulted after the increase of the Company's share capital by the amount of EUR 5,957,141.54 through the capitalisation of share premium reserves. In accordance with article 2 par. 2 of Decision 13/375/17.3.2006 of the Board of Directors of the Hellenic Capital Market Commission, on 06.03.2012 the Company submitted in writing to the Capital Market Commission a request for the Committee's authorisation to proceed with the sale of the fractional shares and for the appointment of the ATHEX Member to conduct this sale. The date proposed for the sale, which must be least one month after the submission of the aforementioned request, was the date of 18.04.2012.

 

The selling price of the share fractions cannot be inferior by more than 2% to the share's closing price for the ATHEX Session of the day immediately before the date of the sale. The sale shall take place in accordance with the procedure specified in clause 2.6.of the ATHEX Rulebook.

 

The Member to conduct the sale shall notify to the Hellenic Exchanges S.A. the securities account to which the shares to be sold shall be transferred. The Company shall submit to Hellenic Exchanges S.A. a request for the transfer of the shares to be sold to the account of the ATHEX Member to conduct the sale, further specifying the investors' records in the Dematerialised Securities System and the number of shares per record to be transferred to the Account of the Member to conduct the sale.

 

If the shares are not sold in their entirety on the day set for the sale, then the sale procedure is continued on the following day. If there are shares that still remain unsold after the following day, the Capital Market Commission shall set a new sale date, which shall be at least one month after the initial sale date.

 

The Member to conduct the sale shall deposit on behalf of the Company the net proceeds of the sale, after deduction of all types of expenses and taxes, proportionally distributed to, and in favour of, all beneficiaries, with the Deposits and Loans Fund, no later than seven (7) days from the date on which the sale was conducted.

 

The Company shall publish, by way of an announcement in the Daily Official List, information about the result of the sale, the method of delivery of the shares and the supporting documents required for collection of the sale's proceeds by the beneficiaries.

 

For more details or clarifications, Shareholders may contact the Company's Shareholders Services Department (5-7 Patroklou Street, 15125  Maroussi, tel. 210 6877493, working days and hours).